Mar 19, 2009

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It is great to be living in a country like Israel. Here I can talk openly, even non-anonymously, against the government and its policies, against the prime minister and his cronies and their corruption, against whatever I feel like, and I do not have to fear going to jail and dying in prison.

I wish this was the case. However, I know of an Israeli blogger who was interrogated and in holding in the Russian Compound for having blogged against the Pride Parade in Jerusalem (by the Shabak) (including being put in detention, handcuffed, with Arab security prisoners awaiting interrogation.)

I know another blogger who was grilled extensively, including under lie detector, about articles expressing opinion about the Shomron. (This grilling was while going for a security clearance, and involved being asked about opinion articles blogged 3 or 4 years ago.)

General political disagreement is fine in Israel, but anything that THEY perceive as threatening will be treated as such. And THEY ARE monitoring the full Jewish blogosphere in all languages.

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I am a regular Joe with a Yeshiva background. I learned in Telshe Yeshiva, Heichal HaTorah (R' Tzvi Kushelevsky), and a now defunct Halacha Kollel. I have semicha from R' Zalman Nechemia Goldberg and kaballa in Shechita from Dayan Schwartz of Kehillas HaYeraim (Chomas HaKashrus). I have a college degree in Finance from Touro College and am also a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.
My wife and I, with our 8 children, ben porat yosef (knayna hara), live in Eretz Yisrael.